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Originally Posted by memason
Verizon LTE speed is a lot faster than 3G speed, therefore, using the iPhone 5 or 5S for a hot spot is much more doable. I honestly don't know if the Verizon JetPack would be any faster.
If you have a friend with LTE, have them let you try their hotspot to determine if that speed is sufficient for your temporary needs.
I just performed a test using my iPhone 5 (LTE) as a hot spot for my MacBook Pro
Download speed was on the MacBook Pro was 18Mb/s... Faster than I thought...
The iPhone 5 speed test recorded 25Mb/s, while not being used as a hot spot.
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Thanks, I appreciate your report. At home I have 10MB DSL, which is acceptable. I test it occasionally, mostly getting 10 but sometimes only 2-4 MB). My 3G iPhone 4S usually gets 0.5-1 MB. If I could get 10-20 using an iPhone 5 hot spot, I would be delighted. It's probably time to upgrade. That would be better than buying and activating a jetpack just for vacations.
I doubt that any of my friends or neighbors would even know what I'm talking about, no less be using their phone as a hot-spot, but I will ask around.